H.R. 10296 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4650 East Rosedale Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the "Dionne Phillips Bagsby Post Office Building".
Cosponsors: 11 (5 D, 6 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-14
Introduced: 2026-09-03
Latest action (2026-09-03): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
What H.R. 10296 does, in plain terms
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4650 East Rosedale Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the "Dionne Phillips Bagsby Post Office Building".
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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Constitutionally sound
Graded 2026-10-14
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This bill simply names a federal post office building after an individual. It does not expand federal power, restrict rights, or affect individual sovereignty. The action falls within Congress's enumerated authority over postal services under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, and raises no constitutional concerns.
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✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
Congress has explicit authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 to establish post offices and post roads. Naming a specific postal facility is a routine exercise of that authority and does not exceed it. -
✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
The bill does not implicate any provision of the Bill of Rights. It restricts no speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search, self-incrimination, due process, trial, jury, or punishment rights. -
✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
The bill imposes no restrictions on personal liberty, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely designates a name for a federal building, which does not burden any individual's sovereignty. -
✓ Passes · Decentralization
The action is a purely federal administrative matter regarding a federal facility. It does not consolidate decision-making upward; it is already a federal function. The four-question test is satisfied because the naming of a federal building is inherently a federal responsibility. -
✓ Passes · Due process and takings
The bill does not deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property. It involves no adjudicative or administrative process that could implicate due process or takings protections.
Sources: Congress.gov: HR 10296 summary
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